girls:
3.3k births since 1982
#3013 (47th percentile)
boys:
44 births since 1994
#4542 (1st percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1982
#4725 (39th percentile)
The name Lexis is the #4,725 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,344 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 38.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,013 (47.3% percentile) for all time with 3,300 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,542 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1994.
Lexis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Lexis is available in 41 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023 (41 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Lexis has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Lexis reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 24.2% percentile (ranked #663) with 112 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 112 births per million (ranked 24.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2000, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Lexis ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 6.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Lexis reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #796) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lexis".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Lexis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.0% confident that Lexis is pronounced as LEHK-sihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LEHK-sees, at 7.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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